[time-nuts] Antique Rubidium Standard Questions

[Ed Palmer]

I wondered if anyone would ask for pictures.  They'll be ready soon.

Ed


On 4/26/2012 6:21 AM, paul swed wrote:
> Some pix of the rg would be great
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Ed Palmer<ed_palmer at sasktel.net>  wrote:
>
>> Paul,
>>
>> Good suggestion, but I don't think pop rivets had been invented when they
>> built this thing! :-D   It's built like a piece of mil-spec equipment.
>>   When I google for individual parts, I keep tripping over NSN numbers.  Now
>> that I look closely at it, I realize that the case is just the case with no
>> electrical connection between it and the circuit other than the BNC jacks
>> on the front panel.  The concept of 'chassis ground' is an unknown concept.
>>   I don't think there's even one chassis ground lug anywhere.  Even when I'm
>> poking around inside the unit, there are no live wires that I can touch,
>> everything is insulated.  The build quality is very high.
>>
>> But now that you've got me thinking about it, I think there's something
>> weird about the grounding in the physics package.  I've got to take another
>> look at that.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ed